:: Stringing-along 419 scammers for my amusement ::

 
HomeThe GamesFailed GamesTestimonialsAbout 419 ScamsScambaiting Tips and ResourcesLinks


[ 419 TEST E-MAILS ]

Got a new bulk e-mail program you'd like to test?

I have several and I wanted to test them on 419 scammers,

Below are some e-mails that I sent out to several thousand known scammer e-mail addresses over a period of a few days

Now I know that 419 scammers are fairly lazy and don't generally make up their own initial solicitations. Rather, they like to steal these from other scammers and adapt them for their own use. I decided to make up my own (totally unbelievable) 419 scam e-mails just to see if some of them will steal it and adopt it as their own.

NOTE: This is NOT spamming. I am not sending unsolicited e-mails. All of the recipients of these e-mails have solicited me, asking for my urgent reply. I'm simply giving it to them.

If you happen to receive a slightly altered version of any of the e-mails published on this page, please contact me.

 

 

From: Stuart Pidass stu_pidass@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Date: Dec 8, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: Major Martins Koma needs your help

I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but it's real and you will realise this if you pay some attention to it. I want to notify you about it at least for the sake of your integrity.

In a brief introduction, My name is Stuart Pidass, personal attorney in London to Major Martins Koma, an astronaut of the Nigerian Air Force.

In 2003 he departed earth onboard the Mars Rover, Spirit. Seven months later he arrived on Mars.

Before his departure, he deposited the amount of US$ 11,600,000 (Eleven million, six hundred thousand United States dollars) in four safety galvanized boxes in a financial institution which will be disclosed to you upon your acceptance of our proposal.

Since his departure to Mars, Major Martins Koma has been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the uterus which has defiled all forms of medical treatment. Since he only has a few months to live, he has decided to remain at his present location and donate all of his fortune to a church organisation or good person that will utilize this money the way that I will impart to you later.

In return for your assistance, I will authorize you to keep 30% of this fund plus 10% to cover your expenses.

You should contact me immediately at my email address with your address and telephone number and I will give you my telephone number so that we can make arrangements as soon as possible.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours sincerely,

Barr. Stuart Pidass

 


[ Dec. 19, 2005 ]

I have word that a re-worded version of the "Martins Koma on Mars with cancer of the uterus" e-mail has reached the desks of The West Australian Newspaper. A reader writes in part:

*wicked grin* - Yes the West Australian Newspaper received an altered version of your scam spam e-mail. (today's Inside Cover 19/12/05) Didn't take long for them to re-word it!

''Inside Cover'' - often reports on the wild and whacky and this was no exception!

Unfortunately I haven't been able to get a copy of this altered e-mail yet.

 


[ Mar. 24, 2006 ]

I've received many reports of the above e-mail used by scammers, mostly in its unaltered form. These reports continue to this day.

 

 

From: abachafamily20@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Date: Dec 13, 2005 7:24 PM
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

MRS.MARYIAM ABACHA
COURT GIDADO ROAD
KANO - NIGERIA

Your kind attention please

Beloved

In Good Faith I Contact You.

I have seen war and I have seen peace, I have seen riches and I have seen people die of Hunger on daily bases. And I am quite certain that life is vanity.

Hello. I am Mrs.Maryiam Abacha, wife of General Sani Abacha,ex-military Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Most people think that my husband is dead but he is very much alive. In June, 1998 a strange UFO landed at our house and some Martians emerged and inserted their anal probes into my dear husband. Then they kidnapped him and took him with them back to Mars.

Since the disappearance of my husband, my family had been subjected to all sorts of harrassment and intimidation with lots of negative reports emanating from the government and the press about my husband. The present Government has also ensured that our bank accounts are frozen and all assests siezed as they think he is dead.

In his last email to me from Mars he told me that he has contracted HIV 1 and 2 i.e. full blown AIDS because of the Martians anal probing and he has only a few months to Live and that I should find someone to assist me who is trustworthy and God fearing. It is in view of this that I seek your co-operation and assistance in the transfer of the sum of Thirty Million U.S Dollars only (US$300million Only)being the very last of my family fund in my possession and control.The Federal Government have seized all our properties and frozen all our accounts both local and international, but my only hope now is the available US$30 million cash, which I carefully packaged and deposited with a security finance company in Abroad. My purpose of contacting you is for someone who after transfering the funds,will be able to invest the funds on my husbands behalf till such a time when he dies and his lifeless body is returned to earth. Your benefit I can assure you will be very substantial.

Please ensure to keep this proposal very secret and confidential for obvious reasons and send to us your private telephone and fax numbers for easy and confidential communication. I await your kind response to my mail.

Thank and God bless you mightly Sincerely yours,

MRS.MARYIAM ABACHA

 

 

From: infocapita@netscape.net
Date: Dec 15, 2005 12:37 AM
Subject: Very Urgent and Confidential - Pls Reply

Dear Friend:

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someone who is out of your world. However, we decided to contact you based on satisfactory information we had about your business person as regard business information concerning your planet (Earth) and the safety of our funds in a steady economy such as that of your planet compared to our planet (Mars)

My name is Mork. I am a Martian and I represent the Zhronganski Mining Company based here on the planet Mars. My company mines for precious metals like rhinojism and monkyspunk for extra-terrestrial trade. These metals are only available on Mars and we are the only company authorized by the Martian government to trade in these materials.

Myself and my close and trusted colleagues need your assistance in the transfer of US$94.5 million into any reliable Account you may nominate on Earth. This fund was generated from over-invoicing of contracts executed by the Zhronganski Mining Company(ZMC) under the administration of the past Communist Martian government. These were discovered while we were reviewing the ZMC accounts.

From our discoveries, these contracts have been executed and the contractors in question were all paid. The difference of US$94,500,000 being the over-invoiced amount is the funds, we want your corporate entity to help us receive. What we want from you is a good and reliable company or personal Account on Earth into which we shall transfer this fund.

Details should include the following:
1. Name of Bank
2. Address of Bank with Fax & Tel. No.
3. Account Number
4. Beneficiary/Signatory to Account (Account Name)

Upon the Successful crediting of your Account.The fund will be shared as follows:
1. 25% for you and your assistance
2. 70% for myself & my Colleagues
3. 5% for contingency expenses

Please after your first reply through e-mail, I will want us to continue further communication by fax and telephone for confidential purpose. We wish to assure you that your involvement should you decide to assist us, will be well protected, and also, this business, proposal is 100% risk free as we have put a whole lot into it.

If you are interested in our offer please send your name contact address and telephone number and please contact our procurement officer, Zongo: Email: fati_zongo001@zipmail.com.br

Looking forward to hear from you.

Very Respectfully,

Mork
Zhronganski Mining Company
Mars

 

 

From: Kevin Monta <kevin_monta2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 20, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: I need your expert assistance

FROM THE DESK OF
MR.KEVIN MONTA,
AUDIT AND ACCOUNT MANAGER,
UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC,
STALLION PLAZA LGS.

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon. Really, I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that i saw your profile from The International Trademarke Association profile database on your country in the internet. Please kindly accept my apology today.

I am Mr. Kevin Monta, the Auditing and Accounting Unit,Foreign Operations Department Union Bank Of Nigeria, PLC. I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you. On June 6, 1999, an Australlian oil consultant/contractor with via National Petroleum cooperation (NNPC) Engr. Herbert Buttplugg made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calender month valued at US$15.500.000.00 (Fiften Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)in my branch. This deposit was to secure the Australian contractor's bid for the job of constructing a pipeline from Nigeria to the planet Mars to supply Nigerian oil to the Martian oil refineries.

On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After months we send a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employee (Nigeria national petroleum Corporation) that Engr. Herbert Buttplugg had been sent to Mars to supervise the construction the facility at the receiving end of the new pipeline on that planet.

About a year into his contract on Mars, Engr. Herbert Buttplugg had been reportedly been abducted by some Martians rebels for their sexual enjoyment. His contract employer has since discovered that Engr. Herbert Buttplugg had died at the hands of his ruthless and horny captors, having suffered many serious injuries which defiled all forms of medical treatment. On further investigation, it was clear that he died without making a will. All attempts by the Australians to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Late Engr. Herbert Buttplugg did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents including his deposit document in my bank. The total sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still in my bank as dormant acct. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking law, after 7 (SEVEN) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government.If the account owner is certified death and nobody comes forward to claim it.

This is the situation, and my proposal is that I am asking for your assistance to stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin to Late Engr. Herbert Buttplugg, for us to transfer the money. Please. All you have to do is immediately send me the details of your company bank account anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money transfer document. The money will then be transferred into the account for us to esterblish more companies in your country.You do not need to worry, its risk free and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate Arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law.

I am using my position and connection in the bank here to do all the document work for the transaction. We shall employ the services of an attorney to draft the will and obtain all necessary documents and letter of Administration in your fovour for the transfer. This transaction is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested, please reply immediately confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction could be most profitable for both of us. This transaction reqiures utmost confidentiality and secrecy.

Once again, call me or give me your reachable phone number as soon as you recieve this mail. Or I think it would be better if you can give me a call on my phone, or better still give me yours so that i can call you for us to discuss at length.

Please Get back to me as soon as you can. Email: kvmt205b@yahoo.com

Have A Nice Day

Best regards,

Mr. Kevin Monta
Audit And account Maneger
Union Bank Plc.
Contact Number: 234-803-9110-734

 


{ Mar. 24, 2006 ]

I've learned that the scammers are using the above format as well, even leaving the character's name, Herbert Butplugg intact.

 

 

From: Queensley Rhoda <uklotteryclaimsdepartment_2005@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Jan 5, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: TOP SECRET - For your eyes only

Queensley Rhoda
Online Coordinator
UK National Lottery Sweepstakes
International Program
Email: uklotteryclaimsdepartment_2005@yahoo.co.uk

Status: TOP SECRET - For your eyes only

Dear Sir,

My name is Ms. Queensley Rhoda. You may have heard of me. I am the online coordinator for the UK National Lottery Sweepstakes Corporation. I have held this position for almost twenty years.

Recently I have decided to retire from my esteemed position at the corporation. This is primarily due to my ill health. I have been diagnosed with testicular cancer, which, according to my team of physicians, was likely caused by my handling of all those big coloured balls during the course of my job over the years. My illness has defiled all forms of medical treatment and doctors have predicted that I have probably just a year to eighteen months to live.

During my extended period of time with The Lottery, I have managed to secretly embezzle quite an impressive sum of money from the corporation, approximately $240,427,000.00 USD (Two Hundred and Forty Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Seven Thousand US Dollars) in cash. I have secured this cash in six rather large, sturdy galvanized metal boxes at a security company located somewhere on the planet Mars, the exact location of which I shall impart to you later if and when you agree to assist me.

What I would like to do is move this consignment out of its present location and into your country. This is where I'll require some outside assistance and this is the reason I have contacted you. I have received information from one of my colleagues that you are reliable and dependable and that you can be trusted, not only with handling an enormous amount of money such as this but with keeping this entire issue very confidential.

In return for your assistance, I will authorise you to keep 30% of this fund plus 5% to cover your expenses.

As an aside, since my husband has long since passed away, it has been quite some time since I have been sexually active. Now I am told that you are a realy sensual person. Frankly, I'd like one last wild sexual fling before I succumb to my illness whether you are a man or a woman. I hope that if you agree to partner with me concerning the consignment, you will also be receptive to the idea of a wickedly delicious romantic affair, however brief it may be. I assure you, I am still quite physically attractive.

I am truly expecting your reply via electronic mail at queen_rhoda13@yahoo.de or please feel free to telephone me anytime at +447031947455 or +448707379294

Sincerely yours,
Ms. Queensly Rhoda

 

 

From: Kim Heebum <heebum@spray.se>
Date: Mar 23, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: This is a lucrative proposition for both of us

Dear Friend and Business Partner,

This letter might come as a complete surprise to you because we have never met either in person or by correspondence. I got your contact through some discreet inquiries from a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry who was part of a delegation to your planet for a trade exhibition and he gave me gave your enviable credentials/particulars, although I sincerely believe the Almighty has brought us together for a great purpose. Consequently I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this information.

First I must tell you that my name is Mr. Kim Heebum, a resident of Mars. I have attached my photo in this email. As you can see, I am Martian by birth. One of my ancestors was the infamous Martian pirate, Captain Long John Heebum who sailed the seas of Mars and, along with his vicious crew, pillaged its seaports and raped its women from 1678 to 1716 AD. During this period of time Long John had amassed much gold and other treasures but he died in 1718 of aids which had defiled all forms of medical treatment. Over the centuries since his demise, rumours of his buried treasure and a treasure map have survived and I have taken it upon myself to strike out in search of this missing treasure. I have re-created this treasure map and have attached a scan of this re-creation to this email as proof of its existance and to indicate to you the exact location of this buried treasure.

Last year I was fortunate enough to comandeer the Mars Rover Spirit which had inadvertently crossed onto my property and which I and my recovery team were able to adapt for our own use in the search and recovery of Captain Long John Heebum's buried treasure. Just three weeks ago I and my team have recovered approximately 360 kgs of gold bars and another 419 kgs of gold dust. I have also included photos of our find as proof of this.

I have not revealed our find to the communist Martian government as they would surely confiscate it. My intention is to smuggle this fortune to Earth and herein lies my dilema. I require a resident of Earth to assist me in aquiring a spacecraft of sufficient size to transport these treasures to your planet. I have made arrangements with the US space agency NASA to lease one of their space shuttles for use in my endeavour. Unfortunately we have been unable to arrange for the payment of the lease as NASA refuses to accept MasterCard and Visa credit cards.

This is where you come in. I will require you to send the first lease payment to my NASA contact on earth who is located at NASA's Herbert J. Buttplugg Space Centre in Abuja, Nigeria. In return, I am prepared to give you 35% of everything that we find. I will also reimburse you for all of your expenses. The remainder will go to me and my recovery team.

For obvious reasons, I must ask you to maintain a high degree of confidentiality in this matter. If you are for any reason not interested, kindly inform me immediately so that I can look for another contact.

Please contact me at my alternative email: heebum@spray.se

Regards,

Mr. Kim Heebum

Martins Koma   Gold bars

Map

 

 

From: Major Mike Opala <major_mike_opala@marsonline.net.ms>
Date: Jan 25, 2008 5:15 AM
Subject: Do not fail to read and reply to this message

Hello

I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but it's real and you will realise this if you pay some attention to it. I want to notify you about it at least for the sake of your integrity.

My name is Major Mike Opala, a direct and only remaining member of the wealthy Opala family. I am an astronaut with the Nigerian Air Force and on loan to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

In 2003 I left earth aboard the Mars Rover, Spirit. Seven months later I arrived on Mars.

Prior to departing earth, I deposited the amount of US$ 11,600,000 (Eleven million, six hundred thousand United States dollars) in four safety galvanized boxes in a European financial institution which will be disclosed to you upon your acceptance of my proposal.

Last year, during the course of my research on Mars, I was captured by a group of rebel Martians who inflicted great torturous pain upon my body with anal probes. After a few weeks of enduring the physical pain, they released me. As a direct result of this cruelty, I am now very ill with a ruptured uterus that has defiled all forms of medical treatment and which has been deemed to be inoperable by my Martian surgeons. I am writing this mail to you on a laptop from my hospital bed in the Martian capitol of Zhwrong.

I now have but a few weeks to live and I am far too ill to endure the long and arduous journey back to my Nigerian home. Therefore I have decided to donate the bulk of my fortune to a church or charitable organisation that will utilize this money in the manner which I shall impart to you later. In return for your assistance, I shall authorise you to keep 30% of this fund for your trouble and aggravation plus an additional 10% to cover your expenses.

You should contact my attorney in Nigeria immediately with your address and telephone number and he will give you his telephone number so that we can make arrangements as soon as possible.

Contact Barrister Williams Uzoma Esq.,
Barristers & Solicitors,
Suite 6, 3rd Floor,
118 Lord Lugard Road,
P.O. Box 75519
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Email: willimuzomabarrister@cabanova.com

Sincerely yours,
Major Mike Opala,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Elysium Veterinary Infirmary
Zhwrong, Mars

Nano nano

 


[ Jul. 8, 2008 ]

After waiting 5 months, it seems that the scammers have finally put the previous format into wide circulation! I've received many versions of this format (many others have as well) from several African countries.

Okay. Let's see if they'll be just as eager with this next one.

 

 

From: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Subject: AN URGENT RESPONSE MAY SAVE MY LIFE AND MY YOUNGER HALF-BROTHER

DEAREST ONE
I AM MISS AMINA BELLO FROM MARS BORN IN NIGERIA. I AM 21 YEARS OLD 173CM
WITH BROWN SEXY EYE BALLS AND A TIGHT SNAPPER.

AFTER I GOT YOUR ID AND I AM
CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF
MONEY THAT MY DEAD FATHER LEFT FOR ME BEFORE HE DIED.THIS MONEY IS USD
$8.5M, AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THE MONEY IS IN A BANK IN NIGERIA ON EARTH.

MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA FARMER HERE ON MARS. AFTER OUR FAMILY
EMMIGRATED HERE MY FATHER WAS POISONED BY HIS
YOUNGER BROTHER BECAUSE OF RELIGIONAL BELIEVE. THEN MY MOTHER WAS
BRUTALLY RAPED BY THROBBING MEMBERS OF THE OUTLAWED MARTIAN
LIBERATION ORGANISATION AND NOW I HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER THAT IS A
HYBRID. NOW MY MOTHER COMMIT SUISIDE.

. PLEASE URGENT RESPONSE MAY SAVE MY LIFE, BECAUSE MY UNCLE WHO KILLED MY
FATHER BECAUSE OF RELIGIONAL DENOMINATION IS SERIOUSLY AFTER MY LIFE IN
ORDER TO CORNER THIS FUND INTO HIS OWN PRIVATE POSE

NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUIDIAN AND
APPOINTED
BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM ONLY
21YEARS AND WITHOUT PARENTS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO EARTH WITH MY LITTLE
GREEN HYBRID SIBLING COZ LIFE ON MARS SUCKS

PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL SO THAT I WILL TELL YOU
ALL THE INFORMATION SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU
ACCOUNT SO THAT YOU WILL GET ME PAPERS TO TRAVEL TO YOUR COUNTRY TO
CONTINUE MY EDUCATION THERE. IF YOU ARE INTREASTED TO DO THIS NEEDFUL
WORK

QUICKLY CONTACT ME VIA THIS EMAIL:

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU. I AM NOW WAITING FOR YOU REPLY IN THE MARTIAN
ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF ZHRONG

ALL MY LOVE
MISS AMINA BELLO..

N.B. I WILL TRANSFER ALL MY AIR MILES TO YOU TOO

 

 

I'll likely continue to do more of these.

 

Home | Games | Failed Games | Testimonials | About 419 Scams | Links